Forbrydelsen II is set two years later and consists of ten episodes. It aired in Denmark between 27 September and 29 November 2009. Episodes were screened eleven days later on Thursdays on Norwegian
NRK1. It was shown on German TV channel
ZDF and on Swedish
SVT in the autumn of 2010. In the United Kingdom, it was shown on
BBC Four, starting from 19 November 2011, following the success of the first series, on the Belgian channel,
Canvas, starting on 25 November 2011, and in Australia on
SBS Two, starting from 21 March 2012. The Region 2 DVD with English subtitles was released on 19 December 2011.
Plot Inspector Ulrik Strange arrives at a port where Lund is working as a
border guard, on the orders of her former boss, Brix, to ask her to return to help investigate the murder of Anne Dragsholm, a military adviser found murdered in
Ryvangen Memorial Park. Lund suspects that the murder is not as straightforward as it seems, despite the
forced confession of Dragsholm's husband. Meanwhile, Thomas Buch, the newly appointed
Minister of Justice, suspects that his predecessor was involved in the cover-up of a massacre of
Afghan civilians by Danish soldiers and that this incident is connected with the murder. Lund is about to be discharged from the case when a second killing, that of a Danish military veteran, leads to fears that
Islamic extremists are involved. Jens Peter Raben, a
sectioned war veteran, knew both victims and tells his story of the execution of an Afghan family by a
special forces officer named "Perk". Raben escapes, and two other members of the unit are murdered. Suspicion falls on senior military officers, including Raben's father-in-law, Colonel Jarnvig. Buch and his secretarial team uncover further evidence of the cover-up, but the cabinet pressures him to continue pinning the murders on Muslims in order to assure the passage of an anti-terrorism bill. Raben takes refuge in a church presided over by a former
army chaplain, who tries to convince him to give himself up and stop investigating the killings. Lund discovers the chaplain's body and pursues the perpetrator. She arranges for the exhumation of Perk's body. When Lund and Strange catch up with Raben, he calls out Perk's name before Strange shoots him. An injured Raben persists in accusing Perk of being the officer responsible for the massacre, yet it is later officially confirmed that he had left Afghanistan before the killings. Lund is uneasy about Strange's
alibis for the murders, but takes him with her to Afghanistan to investigate a new suspect. Lund's persistence results in the discovery of the bones of the Afghan civilians. Upon returning to Denmark, Lund meets her mother, who has had a
premonition of Lund lying dead. Following a further search of a military
barracks, suspicion falls on Captain Bilal, an anti-
Taliban Muslim who kidnaps Raben's wife Louise. Raben and Jarnvig lead Lund and Strange to Bilal, who
is killed by an explosion before they are able to question him. Strange volunteers to return Raben to the mental hospital, but Lund insists on driving them. On the way, they make a stop at the scene of Dragsholm's murder, where Lund points out to Strange the reasons why Bilal is unlikely to have been involved. Strange reveals a detail that only the murderer could know, and confesses to the murders before shooting Lund with her own gun, which he then plants on Raben. He phones the police and is about to shoot Raben when Lund hits him over the head. When Strange tries to retrieve his gun, Lund shoots him dead. As the police arrive at the scene, Lund walks away, removing her
bullet-proof vest.
Main cast • Inspector Sarah Lund:
Sofie Gråbøl • Chief Inspector Lennart Brix:
Morten Suurballe • Inspector Ulrik Strange:
Mikael Birkkjær • Justice Minister Thomas Buch:
Nicolas Bro • Prime Minister Gert Grue Eriksen:
Kurt Ravn • Colonel Torsten Jarnvig:
Flemming Enevold • Major Christian Søgaard:
Carsten Bjørnlund • Sergeant Jens Peter Raben:
Ken Vedsegaard • Louise Raben:
Stine Prætorius • Carsten Plough:
Preben Kristensen • Karina Munk Jørgensen:
Charlotte Guldberg • Erling Krabbe:
Jens Jacob Tychsen • Captain Said Bilal:
Igor Radoslavjevic •
VPD Ruth Hedeby:
Lotte Andersen Episodes and ratings == Series 3 ==